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Stories, breakdowns, and field-tested lessons from the teams who stopped managing chaos—and let post run itself.

You won’t find hype here. Just clarity, delivered.

An editor and a post supervisor sit in an edit bay reviewing interview footage; the supervisor gestures toward the screen while the editor takes notes.

Aug 13, 2025

Color Grading Essentials: Crafting the Mood of Unscripted Stories

To thrive in the competitive landscape of unscripted television, production teams must navigate its unique business model. Discover effective strategies for managing timelines and resources without compromising creative quality.

Aug 13, 2025

Color Grading Essentials: Crafting the Mood of Unscripted Stories

To thrive in the competitive landscape of unscripted television, production teams must navigate its unique business model. Discover effective strategies for managing timelines and resources without compromising creative quality.

Aug 13, 2025

Color Grading Essentials: Crafting the Mood of Unscripted Stories

To thrive in the competitive landscape of unscripted television, production teams must navigate its unique business model. Discover effective strategies for managing timelines and resources without compromising creative quality.

An assistant editor reviews a spreadsheet next to her keyboard while working on a sequence, with two other editors focused on their monitors in a shared edit bay; a finishing schedule with color-coded Post-its hangs on the wall nearby.

Aug 6, 2025

Case Studies and Success Stories

Discover how SAMEpg's Post-as-a-Service can help production teams streamline workflows and enhance creative outcomes, keeping stress levels in check while delivering high-quality content.

Aug 6, 2025

Case Studies and Success Stories

Discover how SAMEpg's Post-as-a-Service can help production teams streamline workflows and enhance creative outcomes, keeping stress levels in check while delivering high-quality content.

Aug 6, 2025

Case Studies and Success Stories

Discover how SAMEpg's Post-as-a-Service can help production teams streamline workflows and enhance creative outcomes, keeping stress levels in check while delivering high-quality content.

An editor and assistant editor review notes and waveform data in front of a dual monitor setup, discussing a cut of an interview scene, while a post supervisor stands nearby holding a production timeline.

Jul 30, 2025

Viewer Engagement Metrics: How We Actually Measured What Mattered

We used to guess at what was 'working.' Now we measure the moments that actually hold attention—and it’s reshaped how we build story from post.

Jul 30, 2025

Viewer Engagement Metrics: How We Actually Measured What Mattered

We used to guess at what was 'working.' Now we measure the moments that actually hold attention—and it’s reshaped how we build story from post.

Jul 30, 2025

Viewer Engagement Metrics: How We Actually Measured What Mattered

We used to guess at what was 'working.' Now we measure the moments that actually hold attention—and it’s reshaped how we build story from post.

An assistant editor and editor review a timeline on a monitor, with the editor pointing at a subtitle cue; a post supervisor stands by a whiteboard covered in scenes and serial pass notes, leading the discussion, while another team member reviews selects on an adjacent screen.

Jul 23, 2025

Engaging Your Viewers: Using Social Media to Enhance the Narrative Journey

In today's digital landscape, storytelling transcends screen time; it begins the moment viewers connect on social media. Discover how leveraging social platforms not only enhances engagement but enriches the entire narrative journey, making your show an immersive experience that lingers long after the credits roll.

Jul 23, 2025

Engaging Your Viewers: Using Social Media to Enhance the Narrative Journey

In today's digital landscape, storytelling transcends screen time; it begins the moment viewers connect on social media. Discover how leveraging social platforms not only enhances engagement but enriches the entire narrative journey, making your show an immersive experience that lingers long after the credits roll.

Jul 23, 2025

Engaging Your Viewers: Using Social Media to Enhance the Narrative Journey

In today's digital landscape, storytelling transcends screen time; it begins the moment viewers connect on social media. Discover how leveraging social platforms not only enhances engagement but enriches the entire narrative journey, making your show an immersive experience that lingers long after the credits roll.

An assistant editor updates episode status on a whiteboard while a post supervisor reviews schedules on a laptop; two team members wearing headsets work in the background.

Jul 16, 2025

Decoding Value: Measuring Success Through SAMEpg’s Clarity Layer

What if you could measure success in post-production with clarity and precision? Explore how SAMEpg's Clarity Layer transforms the way success is quantified in unscripted content, ensuring proactive engagement, efficiency, and insight.

Jul 16, 2025

Decoding Value: Measuring Success Through SAMEpg’s Clarity Layer

What if you could measure success in post-production with clarity and precision? Explore how SAMEpg's Clarity Layer transforms the way success is quantified in unscripted content, ensuring proactive engagement, efficiency, and insight.

Jul 16, 2025

Decoding Value: Measuring Success Through SAMEpg’s Clarity Layer

What if you could measure success in post-production with clarity and precision? Explore how SAMEpg's Clarity Layer transforms the way success is quantified in unscripted content, ensuring proactive engagement, efficiency, and insight.

An assistant editor and a post supervisor review notes in front of dual monitors showing a timeline and Slack threads, with a delivery schedule taped to the wall behind them; another team member works quietly at a nearby station.

Jul 9, 2025

The Impact of Streaming Services on Unscripted Content Creation

Streaming services have revolutionized unscripted content creation, but have they introduced chaos behind the scenes? Learn how evolving workflows can help production teams thrive in this new landscape of storytelling.

Jul 9, 2025

The Impact of Streaming Services on Unscripted Content Creation

Streaming services have revolutionized unscripted content creation, but have they introduced chaos behind the scenes? Learn how evolving workflows can help production teams thrive in this new landscape of storytelling.

Jul 9, 2025

The Impact of Streaming Services on Unscripted Content Creation

Streaming services have revolutionized unscripted content creation, but have they introduced chaos behind the scenes? Learn how evolving workflows can help production teams thrive in this new landscape of storytelling.

An assistant editor and a post supervisor review a sequence in an edit bay, while a showrunner looks on; timeline notes and review documents are spread across the desk, and a whiteboard behind them reads “CLEAN LOOP,” “CLUSTER FIT,” and “FTG CUT?”.

Jul 2, 2025

Creating Niche Content: Addressing Diverse Audience Interests in Unscripted TV

Unlock the secret to captivating diverse audience segments in unscripted television. Discover how tailored content and audience engagement strategies can transform your programming approach and resonate more deeply with viewers.

Jul 2, 2025

Creating Niche Content: Addressing Diverse Audience Interests in Unscripted TV

Unlock the secret to captivating diverse audience segments in unscripted television. Discover how tailored content and audience engagement strategies can transform your programming approach and resonate more deeply with viewers.

Jul 2, 2025

Creating Niche Content: Addressing Diverse Audience Interests in Unscripted TV

Unlock the secret to captivating diverse audience segments in unscripted television. Discover how tailored content and audience engagement strategies can transform your programming approach and resonate more deeply with viewers.

An assistant editor and a post supervisor sit in an edit bay, deep in discussion with a timeline open on the screen behind them and notes in hand.

Jun 25, 2025

Creating Compelling Characters: How to Capture Audience Interest in Documentaries

Dive into the art of storytelling! Discover how creating compelling characters can elevate your documentaries and captivate your audience like never before.

Jun 25, 2025

Creating Compelling Characters: How to Capture Audience Interest in Documentaries

Dive into the art of storytelling! Discover how creating compelling characters can elevate your documentaries and captivate your audience like never before.

Jun 25, 2025

Creating Compelling Characters: How to Capture Audience Interest in Documentaries

Dive into the art of storytelling! Discover how creating compelling characters can elevate your documentaries and captivate your audience like never before.

An editor reviews a timeline on dual monitors while a post supervisor leans in, pointing at the screen with notes in hand; a story producer stands nearby, watching intently. A whiteboard behind them outlines structure options—Linear, Poetic, Intercut—with a note about nonlinear entry.

Jun 19, 2025

Success Stories: Innovative Editing Techniques Used in Recent Documentaries

Editing is the unsung hero of storytelling in documentaries. Dive into innovative techniques that reshape narratives and uncover how structured workflows and clear communication can elevate your documentary projects to new heights.

Jun 19, 2025

Success Stories: Innovative Editing Techniques Used in Recent Documentaries

Editing is the unsung hero of storytelling in documentaries. Dive into innovative techniques that reshape narratives and uncover how structured workflows and clear communication can elevate your documentary projects to new heights.

Jun 19, 2025

Success Stories: Innovative Editing Techniques Used in Recent Documentaries

Editing is the unsung hero of storytelling in documentaries. Dive into innovative techniques that reshape narratives and uncover how structured workflows and clear communication can elevate your documentary projects to new heights.

Post-production editor focused on reviewing a video timeline in a dimly lit editing suite, surrounded by paperwork and glowing monitors—capturing the calm urgency of premium TV production workflows.

Jun 13, 2025

Who is SAMEpg For?

There’s a lot of noise in post-production right now. Everyone’s promising the “next big thing.” But when the smoke clears, the teams that keep delivering, the ones surviving the impossible budgets, the streaming pivots, and the “more for less” era, are the ones who know what (and who) they’re building for.

Jun 13, 2025

Who is SAMEpg For?

There’s a lot of noise in post-production right now. Everyone’s promising the “next big thing.” But when the smoke clears, the teams that keep delivering, the ones surviving the impossible budgets, the streaming pivots, and the “more for less” era, are the ones who know what (and who) they’re building for.

Jun 13, 2025

Who is SAMEpg For?

There’s a lot of noise in post-production right now. Everyone’s promising the “next big thing.” But when the smoke clears, the teams that keep delivering, the ones surviving the impossible budgets, the streaming pivots, and the “more for less” era, are the ones who know what (and who) they’re building for.

An Assistant Editor points to a timeline on a dual-monitor setup while reviewing a sequence with a note-taking team member; a post supervisor stands near a whiteboard labeled with episode and mix deadlines.

Jun 12, 2025

The Future of Post Is Here: How SAMEpg Elevates Your Production Team

Discover how SAMEpg propels your team into the future of post production, today.

Jun 12, 2025

The Future of Post Is Here: How SAMEpg Elevates Your Production Team

Discover how SAMEpg propels your team into the future of post production, today.

Jun 12, 2025

The Future of Post Is Here: How SAMEpg Elevates Your Production Team

Discover how SAMEpg propels your team into the future of post production, today.

Post-production team collaborating in an edit bay, with a supervisor pointing at a laptop screen while editors and assistants review video cuts surrounded by call sheets, monitors, and production notes.

Jun 11, 2025

How Does SAMEpg Save Money?

Ask any Head of Post or COO what’s eating their budget, and you’ll get a familiar list: Overtime. Late approvals. Re-exports. Extra AEs you didn’t plan on hiring, but somehow needed anyway. Missed delivery means penalties, reschedules, or worse, another round of overtime.

Jun 11, 2025

How Does SAMEpg Save Money?

Ask any Head of Post or COO what’s eating their budget, and you’ll get a familiar list: Overtime. Late approvals. Re-exports. Extra AEs you didn’t plan on hiring, but somehow needed anyway. Missed delivery means penalties, reschedules, or worse, another round of overtime.

Jun 11, 2025

How Does SAMEpg Save Money?

Ask any Head of Post or COO what’s eating their budget, and you’ll get a familiar list: Overtime. Late approvals. Re-exports. Extra AEs you didn’t plan on hiring, but somehow needed anyway. Missed delivery means penalties, reschedules, or worse, another round of overtime.

Post-production team collaborating in a late-afternoon edit bay, with a post supervisor and coordinator reviewing call sheets while assistant editors work at dual-screen setups displaying cut timelines and notes on upcoming picture locks.

Jun 10, 2025

What is Post-as-a-Service?

There’s a term you’re about to start hearing everywhere: post-as-a-service. And if you work in premium or long-form content, you’ll want to know exactly what it means, because the survival of your next slate might depend on it.

Jun 10, 2025

What is Post-as-a-Service?

There’s a term you’re about to start hearing everywhere: post-as-a-service. And if you work in premium or long-form content, you’ll want to know exactly what it means, because the survival of your next slate might depend on it.

Jun 10, 2025

What is Post-as-a-Service?

There’s a term you’re about to start hearing everywhere: post-as-a-service. And if you work in premium or long-form content, you’ll want to know exactly what it means, because the survival of your next slate might depend on it.

Three post-production professionals collaborate in an edit bay; a post supervisor gestures toward a video timeline on a monitor while a producer observes and a coordinator reviews call sheets with a headset on, capturing the authentic workflow and teamwork of a busy TV post-production team.

Jun 9, 2025

What is SAMEpg?

Most post teams know the feeling: that low-grade static in the background. You’ve got calendars, you’ve got color-coded trackers, you’ve got twelve different people watching ten different slates, but somehow, it’s still chaos.

Jun 9, 2025

What is SAMEpg?

Most post teams know the feeling: that low-grade static in the background. You’ve got calendars, you’ve got color-coded trackers, you’ve got twelve different people watching ten different slates, but somehow, it’s still chaos.

Jun 9, 2025

What is SAMEpg?

Most post teams know the feeling: that low-grade static in the background. You’ve got calendars, you’ve got color-coded trackers, you’ve got twelve different people watching ten different slates, but somehow, it’s still chaos.